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Pakistan

Cash-strapped and in need of friends, Pakistan welcomed the crown prince with open arms and in grandiose fashion

Saudi crown prince begins Asia tour with $20 bln Pakistan deals

tunisia

A policeman stands guard outside the Tunisian consulate in Tripoli on June 13, 2015. (AFP)

Tunisian workers held hostage near Tripoli

Tehran

This file photo from November 2016 shows Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh talks to journalists during a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna, Austria. (Reuters)

Iran calls out Greece, Italy for not buying its oil despite U.S. waivers

Jordan

For its part, Iraq is looking for solutions to its chronic electricity shortages.

Iraq, Jordan resume oil trade

Iraq

A view of Iraq's parliament, in Baghdad, Iraq. (Reuters)

Iraqi parliament approves large oil-dependent budget

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Aramco IPO still on the table

Abu Dhabi

A file photo from April 2018 shows a Saudi man looking at the solar plant in Uyayna, north of Riyadh, where Saudi Arabia is building what is set to be the world's biggest solar plant. (Reuters)

Saudi Arabia unveils renewable energy programme

oil

The minister added that Saudi Arabia would also invest in other sectors.

Saudi to start $10 billion oil refinery in Pakistan

VAT

A Bahraini man shops at a local supermarket in Isa Town south of Manama, Bahrain, November 28, 2018. (Reuters)

VAT deadline looms for Bahrain’s large businesses